diff --git a/requirements-testing.txt b/requirements-testing.txt
index 21bba85648c..30e7f4c4dea 100644
--- a/requirements-testing.txt
+++ b/requirements-testing.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-django-stubs==1.12.0
+# django-stubs==1.12.0
+django-stubs==5.2.9
 mypy==1.5.1
 hypothesis>=6.131.9,<7
 hypothesis-jsonschema==0.19.0
 types-requests==2.28.5
-lxml
\ No newline at end of file
+lxml
+debugpy==1.6.5
+pytest==7.2.1
+pytest-django==4.12.0
+django-extensions==4.1
+# django-debug-toolbar==4.4.6
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e424999bd63..c6f3d0a33c8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ wheel
 kombu==5.5.2
 redis==6.4.0
 celery==5.5.1
-Django==4.2.30
+Django==5.2.13
 mysqlclient==2.1.1
 SQLAlchemy==1.4.54
 sqlalchemy2-stubs
 requests==2.32.4
 pycryptodome==3.21.0
 PyJWT==2.12.1
-django-auth-ldap==1.2.17
+django-auth-ldap==5.3.0
 jsonschema==4.0.1
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
 stream-zip==0.0.83
diff --git a/specifyweb/settings/__init__.py b/specifyweb/settings/__init__.py
index 8430307b407..27bdc60a973 100644
--- a/specifyweb/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/specifyweb/settings/__init__.py
@@ -150,10 +150,6 @@ def get_sa_db_url(db_name):
 # to load the internationalization machinery.
 USE_I18N = True
 
-# If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
-# calendars according to the current locale
-USE_L10N = True
-
 LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME='language'
 
 # Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
diff --git a/specifyweb/specify/migrations/0045_alter_many_to_many_through_fields.py b/specifyweb/specify/migrations/0045_alter_many_to_many_through_fields.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..171a4652649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specifyweb/specify/migrations/0045_alter_many_to_many_through_fields.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.13 on 2026-04-30
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ('specify', '0044_alter_deletion_cascade'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='autonumberingscheme',
+            name='collections',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(related_name='numberingschemes', through='specify.Autonumschcoll', through_fields=('autonumberingscheme', 'collection'), to='specify.collection'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='autonumberingscheme',
+            name='disciplines',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(related_name='numberingschemes', through='specify.Autonumschdsp', through_fields=('autonumberingscheme', 'discipline'), to='specify.discipline'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='autonumberingscheme',
+            name='divisions',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(related_name='numberingschemes', through='specify.Autonumschdiv', through_fields=('autonumberingscheme', 'division'), to='specify.division'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='project',
+            name='collectionobjects',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(related_name='projects', through='specify.Project_colobj', through_fields=('project', 'collectionobject'), to='specify.collectionobject'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='specifyuser',
+            name='spprincipals',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(related_name='specifyusers', through='specify.Specifyuser_spprincipal', through_fields=('specifyuser', 'spprincipal'), to='specify.spprincipal'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='spexportschema',
+            name='mappings',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(related_name='spexportschemas', through='specify.Spexportschema_exportmapping', through_fields=('spexportschema', 'spexportschemamapping'), to='specify.spexportschemamapping'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='spprincipal',
+            name='sppermissions',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(related_name='spprincipals', through='specify.Spprincipal_sppermission', through_fields=('spprincipal', 'sppermission'), to='specify.sppermission'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/specifyweb/specify/utils/case_insensitive_bool.py b/specifyweb/specify/utils/case_insensitive_bool.py
index 80f48445ef5..bdb79f17e82 100644
--- a/specifyweb/specify/utils/case_insensitive_bool.py
+++ b/specifyweb/specify/utils/case_insensitive_bool.py
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ def to_python(self, value):
             return False
         return super().to_python(value)
 
-class NullBooleanField(models.NullBooleanField):
+class NullBooleanField(BooleanField):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.setdefault('null', True)
+        kwargs.setdefault('blank', True)
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
     def to_python(self, value):
         if value == 'true':
             return True